Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, NESN displayed Boston Red Sox World Series trophies from 2004, 2007 and 2013 at the annual New England Cable & Telecommunications Association convention, which took place July 16-18 in Newport, R.I. From left: NESN’s Sean McGrail, Comcast’s Kevin Casey, NECTA’s Paul Cianelli and Cox Communications’ John Wolfe.Photo: COURTESY OF NESN

Marking anniversary of the L.A. Games

The pregame ceremony at a recent Los Angeles Angels game commemorated the 30th anniversary of the 1984 Olympic Games held in Southern California. First-pitch participants: Olympian Peter Vidmar, former president of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee Peter Ueberroth, Olympian Janet Evans, Olympian Rafer Johnson and the LA84 Foundation’s Bob Wagner.Photo by: JOHN CORDES

SportsBeep launch party

At the SportsBeep Fantasy Sports Mobile App launch party at the Montclair Country Club in Montclair, N.J.: David Mermelstein of Croton Watches, baseball’s Pete Rose, Tom Happle of SportsBeep and former New Jersey Devils defenseman Ken Daneyko. Photo by: JOHN RATTA

The Shadow League sports website honored David Rone, Time Warner Cable president of sports, news and local programming, as the recipient of its inaugural Shadow League Award for Leadership during a dinner this month at the L’Ermitage Beverly Hills. With Rone (center) are the Shadow League’s Yussuf Khan (left) and Keith Clinkscales, also of Revolt TV.Photo by: ADRIEN VARGAS

View from Park Lane

Andrew Kline, founder and managing director of sports investment bank Park Lane, spoke with SportsBusiness Journal reporters and editors during a visit to the SBJ/SBD offices in Charlotte on July 16.Photo by: TIFFIN WARNOCK / STAFF